Etymograph

English

Novatian

Novatian comes from Latin Novatius.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CENovatius
  2. EnglishtodayNovatian

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CENovatius
  2. EnglishtodayNovatian

Today it means

name A Roman priest, who became an antipope against St. Cornelius in 251 AD, considered by the Catholic Church to be a schismatic heresiarch as founder of a Christian sect known as Novatianism.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin Novatius / Novatian